I installed the new Visual Studio 2019, but it is much slower (at least in my machine) than the 2017 version, and working is getting very frustrating. I want to get back but I can't find where to download the previous version.
I tried using this URL: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/, but it doesn't work. I get the following message "Sorry, we couldn't find any downloads for you."
Thanks.
The Microsoft site can be induced to give up different versions.
See:
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15
Change the '15' to 16, and 17 and see what you get.
I figured out how to do it. I post the solution in case someone else has the same problem.
You just need to access https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/ and If you get the same message than me, just join to the Visual Studio Dev Essentials (in the same page is a link to do it), it is free, and then you can download older versions of Visual Studio.
Regards,
The URL https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/ works well for me. I subscribed to the free Visual Studio Dev Essentials and got access to the following versions:
2017
2015
2013
2012
2010
As of today (5th Jan 2023), the following link invokes installation the 2017 Community Version:
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15
The install launcher you can download from TechSpot still works fine.
No strings attached.
I was having the same issue (even with Dev essentials and I didn´t have the option to download vs 2017 community, but 2017 professional instead), then I finally tried downloading the professional version (Then I just cancelled at the moment it asks which components) and suddenly it unlocks the 2017 community install in the visual studio installer hub.
As of 27 July 2022 if you have Visual Studio 2019 or 2022 installed you can use the VS installer to download and install in parallel any version of VS 2017.
I am using Visual Studio Enterprise 2017, I created a ASP.NET Web API project and it was working fine.
Today I got a new clone and when I tried to restore my packages, it keeps showing me this error
I have tried the following
Restarted Visual Studio as administrator
Rebooted PC
Disabled firewall settings
Disabled antivirus
Checked the port too, which is not being used
Nothing seems to work. Has anyone faced a similar issue? Is there any alternative way?
Not sure if this is an issue related to Visual Studio 2017, I managed to resolve this by opening the solution in visual studio 2015.
Again by opening in 2017, this is the solution for now. If anyone comes up with a better solution it will be great.
I had Visual studio 2008 installed and working.
I then installed VS 2010 and it worked fine.
I then installed VS Community 2015 and it worked fine.
I then uninstalled VS 2008. I had a hunch that it could cause trouble so I checked that VS Community 2015 still worked - it did.
I then uninstalled VS 2010 and checked that VS Community 2015 still worked - it didn't. When compiling a previously working Community 2015 project I got this:
error MSB8020: The build tools for Visual Studio 2010 (Platform Toolset = 'v100') cannot be found.
I don't understand why VS 2015 would even be using any parts of VS 2010. Anyway, I'd like to know the most robust way of repairing the situation.
It seems that installing VS Community 2015 does not by default mean that all the tools used are the latest versions. So when I unisnstalled VS2010 I zapped some of my tools. By selecting "Project" then "retarget solution" I could then update the tools used.
I was using Visual Studio 2012 it was working nice, but when I install Visual Studio 2013 and then try to run a project in Visual Studio 2012, it gives me this error
unable to launch configure visual studio development web server
please help me to solve this problem. :)
Finally I found the problem. I edited the hosts file which had an entry for local host like ::localhost. I commented this line out and it started working.
I have Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate with update 2 and have been trying to install Visual Studio 2012 Update 3.
I have tried every thing suggested here at the following links but with out any luck
Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 Error
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/3fc126a0-74ab-4b6f-a924-a1222620f489/error-when-installing-vs-2012-update-3-the-pipe-is-being-closed
NOTE: I am installing from the offline installation ISO from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=301705
Please try the steps mentioned in this blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/smondal/archive/2013/09/23/the-pipe-is-being-closed.aspx